ladies’ names. 159 
Signification . . Good Omen. 
Emblem Bird Cherry. 
Sentiment .... Hope. 
“ Hope on ! The clouds that gather thick before thee 
Hide the glad light that led thy steps afar ; 
But beams there not, on night’s dark heaven o’er thee, 
Purely and brightly, gentle star on star? 
Hope on ! Though the shadows shut out present glad- 
' ness ; 
Not far beyond the sunlight lingers still ; 
Dim looks the valley in its misty sadness, 
Ere the bright day hath climbed the eastern hill. 
There is a light, though secretly ’tis playing 
Round the dark edges of the clouds we fear ; 
Some miss : oned spirit, in our footsteps straying, 
Whispering the words of comfort and of cheer. 
Hope on, I pray thee. Hope on in thy sorrow ; 
Brush from thine eye the fastly falling tear ; 
Thou know’st the night, though dark, must have a 
morrow, 
And after storms the rainbow will appear.” 
